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  2. Opinion: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling treats ...

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    With its decision, the SJC now defines “emerging adults” – individuals 18 to 20 years of age at the time they committed murder – as a new protected class.

  3. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court traces its history back to the high court of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay, which was chartered in 1692.Under the terms of that charter, Governor Sir William Phips established the Superior Court of Judicature as the province's local court of last resort (some of the court's decisions could be appealed to courts in England).

  4. Fight over $70,000 ring in Massachusetts tests rules of ...

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    The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will decide not just whether to side with Bruce Johnson or Caroline Settino but whether to modernize the New England state's law on engagement rings and mayb.

  5. Caetano v. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    In a per curiam decision, the Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. [7] Citing District of Columbia v.Heller [8] and McDonald v. City of Chicago, [9] the Court began its opinion by stating that "the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding ...

  6. David A. Lowy - Wikipedia

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    David A. Lowy (born 1960) is an American attorney, academic and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts from 2016 to 2024. In February 2024 Lowy was named general counsel for the University of Massachusetts.

  7. Goodridge v. Department of Public Health - Wikipedia

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    Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, 798 N.E.2d 941 (Mass. 2003), is a landmark Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case in which the Court held that the Massachusetts Constitution requires the state to legally recognize same-sex marriage.

  8. Murphy v. Boston Herald, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The Herald appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, but on May 7, 2007 the court upheld the verdict.. In a unanimous decision "sharply critical of the newspaper and its reporter, David Wedge," [5] the Supreme Judicial Court said "there is an abundance of evidence that, taken cumulatively, provides clear and convincing proof that the defendants either knew that the published ...

  9. Judiciary of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The judiciary of Massachusetts is the branch of the government of Massachusetts that interprets and applies the law of Massachusetts, ensures equal justice under law, and provides a mechanism for dispute resolution. The judicial power in Massachusetts is reposed in the Supreme Judicial Court, which superintends the entire system of courts.